Genetically evolved sentiments can motivate action against self-interest
Evidence
Evolution has bestowed upon us the mixed blessing of being able to generate intentionally the as if behaviour. Knowing this, we can hardly avoid the responsibility of considering trust a choice rather than a fortunate by-product of evolution. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2821 (
#complicates, via linked claim)
No animal behaves in the same way irrespective of conditions. Nor, of course, do humans. Departures from the norm are not necessarily pathologies generated by abnormal conditions. They may well be highly adaptive responses to particular ecological conditions. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 443 (
#exemplifies, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Involuntary signals like blushing solve credibility without willpower — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 617; Reciprocated cooperation teaches one to internalize others’ interests; Costly sentiments like guilt persist because they confer evolutionary gain (+5 more)
Related
- Costly sentiments like guilt persist because they confer evolutionary gain (similarity 0.88)
- Humans can intentionally choose trust rather than inherit it as a by-product of evolution (similarity 0.86)
- Behavioral departures from norms can be adaptive responses (similarity 0.82)
- Infant trust is an evolved instinct, not a cognitive model (similarity 0.81)
- Current behavior need not reflect past evolutionary competition (similarity 0.81)
- Trust is a deliberate choice, not merely a fortunate evolutionary by-product (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Humans can intentionally choose trust rather than inherit it as a by-product of evolution
#complicates(0.78) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 2821 - Behavioral departures from norms can be adaptive responses
#exemplifies(0.75) — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 443